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Application filedFe'b. 23, 1901.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT B. DIOKEY, OF WACO, TEXAS.

MEMORANDUM CLIP-BOARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 690,842, dated January7, 1902.

Application filed February 23, 1901. Serial No. 48,561- (No model.) I

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I,RoBERT B.DIoKEY,a citizen of the United States,residing at Waco, in the county of McLennan andState of Texas, haveinvented new'and useful Improvements in Memorandum Clip-Boards,of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in clip-boardsespecially adapted for use on telephones, desks, &c.; and its primaryobj cct is to provide a device of this character having a novelarrangement of clips thereon whereby checks and other papers may besecurely fastened to the device at convenient points.

A further object is to provide a board having a roll of paper securedthereto and to provide means whereby said paper may be readily torn ofias used.

Afurther object is to provide means whereby the clip-board may besecurely fastened to the box of a telephone. 7

With these and other objects in View the invention consists inproviding'a board of sufficient length to form an arm-rest. To the sideof this board, adjacent to the lower end thereof, is secured a clip,while asecond clip is arranged at the upper end of the board and isadapted to normally bear upon an up-j wardly-extending portion oftheclip-board. A bracket is secured to the lower surface of the boardand is provided with means wherebyv a rod may be clamped therein. Thisrod is adapted to engage the edges of the lidof the battery-box of atelephone. A frame is arranged below the board and is so constructed.

as to support said board in an inclined position when the same is placedupon a desk.

having a continuous sheet of paper wound thereon. This paper is adaptedto extend upward through a slot formed within a toothed flange arrangedat the side of the clip-board, adjacent to the top thereof. The sheetthen extends across the face of said board and into asecond similar slotarranged at the remain after more fully described and claimed, and

illustrated in the accompanying drawings,

showing'the preferred form of myinvention,

and in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of the device in positionupon a desk and showing in dotted lines the location of the lid of thetelephone-box when the board is attached thereto. Fig. 2 is a plan viewof the device attached to a telephone-box. Fig. 3 is a section on line 33 of Fig. 1, and Fig.4 is a section on line 4 4 of Fig. 1.

Referring to the figures by numerals of reference, 1 is a board which isof any desired length, but which is preferably long enough to serve as arest for the arm of the writer. A plate 2 is secured to one side of thisboard, at a point adjacent to the lower edge thereof, and this plate isprovided with ears 3, which receive a rod 4, upon which are pivoted ears5, extending from a clip 6, preferably formed of sheet'metal. A spring 7is coiled upon the rod and is adapted to hold the clip normally incontact with the board. The upper portion of the board 1 is cut away atthe sides thereof, as shown at 8, and to each side is secured-a strip 9,preferably formed of sheet metal, and which is provided at its upperedge with a flange 10, having teeth 11 arranged along'the outer edgethereof. A longitudinally-extending slot 12 is formed within each ofthese flanges and is for the purpose hereinafter more fully described.Thestrips 9 are provided at their upper ends with eyes 13,which areadapted to receive the upwardly-extending intermediate portion of a wireor red 14, the free ends 15 of whichare secured to the bottom of theboard 1, adjacent to the loweredge thereof and at opposite sides. Thisrod is so shaped as to form a support for the lower end of the board,and a yoke comprising standards 16, formed of wire, is secured to therod 14 at a point adjacent to the rear edge of the board 1 and serves tosupport said board in an inclined position. An angle-iron 17 is mountedupon the side strip 9 and extends along the upper edge of the board 1,and this iron is provided with a rearwardly-extending flange 18 at itsupper edge, which is adapted to overlap the intermediate portion of therod 14 and limit the upward movement thereof within the eyes 13.

A rod 19 extends transversely of the device, the ends thereof beingmounted within the side strips 9 at points below the angle-iron 17. Awire clip 20 is mounted upon this rod and extends upward through slots21 within the angle-iron and is adapted to normally contact with theupright portion of said iron.

A brace 22 is arranged between the rod 14 and one of the side strips 9,and parallel ears or extensions 23 are formed upon this brace and areadapted to receive the edge of the lid 24 of the battery-box of atelephone.

A bracket 25 is secured to the lower surface of the board 1 at a pointadjacent to the clip 6, before referred to, and this bracketis adaptedto receive a rod 26, said rod being secured therein in any suitablemanner, as by means of a set-screw 27. A hook 28 is provided at one endof the rod 26 and is adapted to engage one of the edges of the cover 24.A second hook 29 is slidably mounted upon said rod and is adapted toengage the opposite edge of the cover 24, a set-screw 30 being providedwhereby said arm may be locked in adjusted position upon the rod 26.

Studs 31 extend from the opposite sides of the board 1 adjacent to theinner ends of the flanges 10, and upon these studs are coiled the endsof'a bail-shaped spring-metal wire 32, which normally bears upon theboard at points between the flanges 10 and is adapted to hold inposition a memorandum-pad should a pad be preferred or the supply ofroll-paper become exhausted.

Hangers 33 are secured to the lower surface of the board 1, andjournaled therebetween is a spool or roller 34, upon which is Wound acontinuous strip of paper 35. This paper is adapted to pass through oneof the slots 12, before described, and over the face of the board 1 andbeneath the bail-shaped clip 32, and then down through the other slot12, said clip serving to hold the strip firmly clamped upon the board.It will be understood that desired data may be written upon this strip35, and when it is desired to tear the same from the remainder of thestrip it is merely necessary to draw said strip laterally and then tearthe same upward upon the toothed edge of the adjacent flange 10.

The clip 20 may be employed for holding checks, memoranda, 850., formingthe subject of the conversation over the telephone, and for otherpurposes, and, if desired, the clip 6 may be used for holding papers,orders, bills, and any subject-matter being received over a telephoneand for various other purposes. If desired, the paper strip 35 mayberuled in any suitable manner. By providing a carbon-' sheet duplicatecopies can, as is obvious, be readily made.

It will be seen that the cars 23 and the rod 26 will hold the clip-boardsecurely in position at the side of a telephone-box. If, however, it isdesired to employ this board upon a desk, the rod 26 is removed and therods 14 and standards 16 serve as supports for said board and will holdthe same in an inclined position.

In the foregoing description I have shown the preferred form of myinvention; but I do not limit myself thereto, as I am aware thatmodifications may be made therein without departing from the spirit orsacrificing any of the advantages thereof, and I therefore reserve theright to make such changes as fairly fall within the scope of myinvention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

' 1. The combination with a board having a clip thereon, of a bracketsecured to said board, a hooked rod mounted within the bracket, meansfor locking the rod in position therein and a hooked arm adjustablysecured upon the rod.

2. The combination with a board, of a frame adapted to support the same,hangers secured to the lower surface of the board and adapted to supporta roll of paper orsimilar material, strips secured to the side edges ofthe board, a toothed flange to each strip and having a slot therein,said slots being adapted to receive the paper from the roll, studsextending laterally from the board, and a spring-clip mounted upon thestuds and normally contacting with the board at points between thetoothed flanges.

3. The combination with a board, of hang ers depending therefrom andadapted to support a roll of paper or similar material, strips securedto the sides of the board, toothed flanges to said strips and havingslots therein adapted to receive the paper from the roll, a spring-clipbetween the toothed flanges and normally contacting with the board, abracket secured to the board, a hooked rod adjustably secured within thebracket, a hooked arm adjustably mounted upon the rod, andlaterally-extending ears adapted to engage the box of a telephone,

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ROBERT B. DIOKEY.

\Vitnesses:

L. C. PEURY, Gno. W. GRAVES.

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